Researcher Profile

Peter Bermel

Contact Information

Education

BS, University of North Carolina, 2000; M.Phil., University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2002; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007

Research Interests

Fields and Optics; Microelectronics and Nanotechnology.

Research Impact

My research concerns the application of novel concepts in nanophotonics to issues of pressing interest to society, both in terms of basic understanding as well as practical applications. Particular topics of interest to me are photovoltaics -- the conversion of sunlight into electricity -- as well as thermophotovoltaics -- the conversion of heat into electricity, via the thermal radiation of photons. I am also greatly interested in highly nonlinear phenomena that occur in the presence of strong electromagnetic fields.